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John McEnroe #2 def. Mats Wilander #3

3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1985*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Mats Wilander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Mats Wilander
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Aug 22, 1964
Age	26	21
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,406	2,182
Career W-L	833–189	526–203
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$7,956,101

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 4 Mats Wilander

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1985	QF	Joakim Nystrom	6-1 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Tomas Smid	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Bud Schultz	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	Martin Wostenholme	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	Shlomo Glickstein	6-1 6-7 2-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1985	F	Ivan Lendl	6-7 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mats Wilander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1985	QF	Anders Jarryd	2-6 6-2 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Greg Holmes	7-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Paul Annacone	6-3 6-7 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	Bruce Foxworth	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	Vijay Amritraj	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data